Russia has called for a Security Council meeting on Ukraine’s allegations.
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations has called for a Security Council meeting to consider Ukraine’s allegations of civilian casualties in the city of Bucha.
Moscow’s envoy to the United Nations has called for a Security Council meeting after Russian officials claimed that Russian troops had killed civilians in the town of Bucha.
According to Reuters, Russia has requested that the UN Security Council meet on Monday to discuss what it calls a “provocative act by Ukrainian extremists” in the city of Bucha.
“Given the apparent sedition of Ukrainian radicals in Bucha, Russia has called for a UN Security Council meeting,” Dmitry Polanski, Russia’s deputy envoy to the United Nations, said in a statement.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the accusations against Russian forces for killing civilians in the Kiev region were untrue.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky also called for more action against Moscow on Sunday evening, saying the new Western sanctions on Russia were not enough. (More details)
Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the operation was aimed at “supporting people who have been bullied and genocided by the Kiev regime for eight years.”
According to him, for this purpose, it is planned to “disarm and demilitarize Ukraine” so that all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in the Donbass region are brought to justice.